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A pattern and design that really captured my eye. The unique markings on this spider made for a beautiful piece of art with his body as the canvas. Truly, our world is brimming with original beauty everywhere you care to look.
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Found this little guy the morning hanging from a thread, literally. He seemed to have something in his mouth. Either he bit off the wrong thing or it bit him. Whichever, he was left slowly spinning in a gentle onshore breeze.
The girls are growing up and attracting some handsome mates. Time does seem to fly by. But there's a trick to success for the little fellow. He's less than half her size, which might give him some advantage. You see, whether he is successful or not, if there is a food shortage, he will quickly become dinner, or breakfast, or both. But her web is located where that should not be a problem. We will see,
This morning the small spider tried to drown himself on my washing line. I guess he had enough of hanging himself lol
Bought two books to learn about some of the odd insects and other mini-wildlife I've photographed. So far, I've gotten names for only two. This gal, and the Spiny Orb Weaver.
Around a week ago, I went outside after a heavy rain. This lady was dangling from a thread or two, legs drooping straight at the ground. I thought she was gone. But decided to experiment. Using a thin bamboo pole, I gently lifted her until one of her legs touched the remnants of her once glorious web. To my surprise, she hooked the tip of her leg into the web. A second try raised her enough to get two legs in place. That was all I needed do. I knew she was alive and would not fall eight feet to her death. As you see, she is healthy and her home repaired.
Remember, no matter how trivial what you do may seem, it is most important that you do it.
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Okay so I took the picture for the thistle. At the time, I didn't see the tiny red spider beneath. Wrong lens anyway, but nature provides surprises.
I was so happy to find this nursery web spider guarding her spiderlings today. The 'tent' was surprisingly high up; I'm used to seeing them almost on the ground.
Our garden spider population is rather large this year. I've moved five or six, but didn't have to move possibly as many as fifteen more. I saw three this morning, not these three, that built webs about a foot apart but all slanted exactly the same.
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Looked like a grape. I usually do not trap, move and release all of our raccoons. They are still annoying. Like whoever left a partially crushed grape on the handrail. Guess he stole from somebody's trash. Our grapes are wild and small, not good eating. Picky animal.
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Proof that nature can be harsh and harshly beautiful at the exact same time. The hardest part of capturing this photo was knowing the fly was still alive while he was being rolled into breakfast for this spider. Life in the undergrowth continues to amaze.
I couldn't decide if the inch worm looking insect inside the leaf was there by choice or there as food for hatchlings. I spent a minute or two with while shooting its demise, and didn't see it move. Of course why would it if it was resting, or trapped for its destiny?
This pencil eraser-sized spider had only a few strands of well placed web in place. Enough to ensnare a fly about five times her size. First she used some of the webbing to wrap its wings, holding it helplessly as you see it. Then she gathered more of her web, pulling one strand at the time to entangle the fly's legs. On and on she worked securing a prize she might savor for spider days. Quite the worker. Wish my lens was better, and the on and off breeze not a problem, but this is the outcome of a life and death struggle too small to be easily seen.